Proverbs 24:13-14
1599 Geneva Bible
13 My son, eat [a]honey, for it is good, and the honey comb, for it is sweet unto thy mouth.
14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul if thou find it, and there shall be an [b]end, and thine hope shall not be cut off.
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- Proverbs 24:13 As honey is sweet and pleasant to the taste, so wisdom is to the soul.
- Proverbs 24:14 Or, reward.
Proverbs 24:16
1599 Geneva Bible
16 For a just man [a]falleth seven times, and riseth again: but the wicked fall into mischief.
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- Proverbs 24:16 He is subject to many perils, but God delivereth him.
Proverbs 24:20-22
1599 Geneva Bible
20 For there shall be none end of plagues to the evil man, (A)the light of the wicked shall be put out.
21 My son, fear the Lord, and the King and meddle not with them that are seditious.
22 For their destruction shall rise suddenly, and who knoweth the ruin of them [a]both?
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- Proverbs 24:22 Meaning, either of the wicked and seditious, as verse 19 and 21, or, of them that fear not God, nor obey their King.
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